The EU must take stronger action against human rights violations in Honduras
Since the coup d'état of June 28, 2009, the civil society networks ALOP, APRODEV, CIDSE, CIFCA and FIAN have been denouncing the deteriorating human rights situation in Honduras.
The objective of this letter is to inform the EU about the current situation and to ask it to take more effective measures, given the situation.
Catherine Ashton
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
European Union Member States
Brussels, October 8, 2012
We appreciate efforts made by the EU since 2011: for example those included in the “EU Annual Human Rights Report, 2011” ; the communication of May 15, 2012 on the persecution of human rights defenders; the declaration of September 27, 2012 on the murder of lawyer Antonio Trejo and attorney Manuel Eduardo Díaz Mazariegos; and visits by staff from the EU Delegation and EU Embassies to the offices of Honduran human rights NGOs, as well as their participation in public events.However, as illustrated by the recent killings of human rights defenders at the end of September, Honduras is becoming an increasingly fragile State, characterized by serious human rights violations which continue with impunity . This situation calls for the EU to take stronger action through its political dialogue and cooperation mechanisms.Read the letter to Catherine Ashton.